Dreamforce 2017 – CPQ Impressions Dreamforce is big and I mean really big! There are lots of people everywhere and I had to run quite a bit between the Moscone Center and the different Hotels where I had most of my meetings. The area around the Moscone Center reminded me personally of a Theme Park, [...]
Is It Easy for your Customers to do Business With You? Most people intuitively know that quick and efficient responses to customer requests increase the chances of satisfied customers who will come back for more business. The question is why is it so difficult to actually deliver quick and efficient responses to customers? Amazon can [...]
Stop fumbling with spreadsheets! Configure and quote in minutes, not days By John Mignardi, CPQ and Industry Applications Specialist, Javelin Technologies Ah, the 1980s. A time for Rubik’s cubes, Pac-Man…and spreadsheets. Personal computers started showing up on desktops and “apps” like Excel were used for creating accounting statements and bills of materials (along with everyday [...]
By: Patrik Skjelfoss, Tacton September 20, 2017 There are plenty of CPQ solutions on the market today, but not many can claim to be powered by an intelligent constraint solver. In this post, we’ll explain what a constraint solver is and how it can help your business. Imagine you work for Zippy-Zappy Electric, a manufacturer [...]
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Follow our guest Louis Columbus on Twitter @LouisColumbus or send him an email at louiscolumbus@yahoo.com . Show Notes: Louis' Blog is at https://softwarestrategiesblog.com Here we offer a free CPQ Vendor List. Louis mentioned many vendors in this interview and in addition to his upcoming Forbes article this might be helpful Our Visual & Virtual CPQ Research Report (that Louis mentioned) is available [...]
You can find more information about Oracle CPQ Cloud at www.Oracle.com/CPQ . In addition to that Novus CPQ offers the "CPQ Provider Series - Fact Sheet" for more information about Oracle CPQ Cloud. You can connect with Vinesh on Linkedin at www.linkedin.com/in/vineshvis If you have questions about Oracle CPQ Cloud please send an email to [...]
You can find more information about Tacton at www.Tacton.com . Novus CPQ offers the "CPQ Provider Series" Fact Sheet and the Visual & Virtual CPQ Research Report for more information about Tacton. Note: Tacton recently received the 2017 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Leadership
This Mark Twain quote is great and also applies when you are about to select a new Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) tool. Here is how it applies: If you (as a CPQ Seller or in some rare cases also the Buyer) are familiar and interested in one specific CPQ Solution then that is the solution that can [...]
Before a CPQ Transformation Project starts I suggest to (almost) all customers (some exceptions below) to spend at least some time to determine where they stand in regards to Organizational Readiness and to determine The complexity of their CPQ Requirements This is important for two reasons To ensure the customer is fully prepared at the [...]
